Journals Tab

This section includes the fields and descriptions for the Journals tab.

Journal Island

Field Description
Journal No. This field shows the number of the journal to which the entry was posted.
Type This field shows the journal type (for example, general, customer payment, bank reconciliation, vendor and so on).
Main Journal No. This field shows the main journal number if the journal was created when another journal was posted.

Period Island

Field Description
Fiscal Year This field shows the fiscal year used in the current journal.
Period, Start This field shows the first date in the period covered by the journal.
Period, End This field shows the last date in the period covered by the journal.
Last Entry Date This field shows the date on which the most recent entry was created.
Period No. This field shows the journal’s period number in the current fiscal year.
Prior-Period This field specifies whether the general journal is a prior-period journal.

Balance Island

Field Description
Balance, Base This field shows the journal’s balance in the base currency of the company responsible for the current journal.
Balance, Enterprise This field shows the journal’s balance in enterprise currency.

Company Island

Field Description
Company This field shows the name and number of the company responsible for the general journal.
Base Currency This field shows the currency used as base currency for the company specified in the Company field.

Dimensions Island

Field Description
Location This field shows the location dimension value of the company specified in the Company field
Entity This field shows the entity dimension value of the company specified in the Company field.
Project This field shows the project dimension value of the company specified in the Company field.
Purpose This field shows the purpose dimension value of the company specified in the Company field.
Spec. 1 – 3 These fields show the values in the dimensions Specification 1-3 assigned to the current entry.
Local Spec. 1 – 3 These fields show the values in the dimensions Local Specification 1-3 assigned to the current entry.

Status Island

Field Description
Created This field shows the date when the journal was created and the name of the user who created it.
Submitted This field shows date when the journal was submitted and the name of the user who it.
Being Posted This field shows whether parts of the journal have been posted. When the posting of a journal starts, this field is marked until the posting of the journal is completed. If the posting is interrupted due to server problems, the field remains marked, but those entries whose posting was complete when the interruption occurred remain posted. Thus, when the posting is resumed, only the entries remaining to be posted are processed. After an interruption, a posting can only be resumed in this window.
Posted This field shows the date and time when the entry was posted and the name of the user who posted it.
Printed This field shows whether the current journal has been printed.